Towie’s Tommy Mallet opens up about his battle with dyslexia during motivational speech to young students

Fans shared messages of support as the scenes aired on Wednesday

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BY NOLA OJOMU

10th November 2016, 12:07 am

Updated: 10th November 2016, 12:17 am

TOWIE star Tommy Mallet opened up about his struggle with dyslexia in a touching scene during Wednesday night's series finale.

The Essex lad and his girlfriend Georgia Kousoulou were on hand to speak to young students at a local high school as they attempted to help inspire the youth to chase their dreams - even if they fail to gain their GCSEs.

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Tommy Mallet opened up about his struggle with dyslexia in a touching scene during the TOWIE series finale

Tommy was clearly nervous as he spoke to the hall of children as he began: "I brought her with me because I can't read that good so don't laugh. I'm here today because I've got some words of wisdom to inspire people.

"When I left school I didn't get no grades at all so you can imagine it was hard. I'm dyslexic and I struggled with every subject. The one thing I knew ..."

As he faltered, Georgia continued: "The one thing I always knew was that I was going to succeed in life as long as I keep my head in the correct place and have ambition to get where I want to be."

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The Essex lad and his girlfriend Georgia Kousoulou were on hand to speak to young students at a local high school

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Tommy was clearly nervous as he spoke to the hall of children

Oh he's dyslexic .Fair play to him for showing that with any disability you can overcome it and do well for yourself 👌🏾

Tommy added: "My motto is that if you believe it, if you dream it then you can achieve it."

Georgia was every inch the proud girlfriend as she gushed about Tommy’s brave speech to her pal Lydia Bright.

Back in August, the Towie star was one of many stars to offer advice to teens on GCSE results day as he told social media followers to not “waste time being upset” over bad news, but that “failing gives you hunger for success.”

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Tommy began: "I brought her with me because I can't read that good so don't laugh. I'm here today because I've got some words of wisdom to inspire people."

“If you have failed don’t waste time being upset thinking and go out and get what you want!! Failing gives you more hunger for success..”

Tommy, who is currently dating his Towie co-star Georgia Kousoulou, added: “I got one GCSE and had no clue what I was going to do with my life.. Grab opportunitys with both hands and don’t stop until it works #Mallet (sic)”

Speaking about his sole History GCSE, he continued: It’s all about drive & ambition.”